BLUE FOOTED BOOBY
INTRODUCING THE BLUE FOOTED BOOBY
The Blue Footed Booby is a strange bird with blue feet! The male bird is slightly smaller in size, smaller eyes and brighter feet than the female.
BLUE FOOTED BOOBY LOCATIONS
The Blue Footed Booby lives from the range from the Gulf of California down by the Western Coasts of Central and South America all the way to Peru.
BLUE FOOTED BOOBY MATING
When it comes to mating, the male attracts and impresses the female with its dancing wings and bright blue feet. If the female will join the dance when she is impressed. The time of the breeding cycle of the bird may take up to 8 to 9 months. The female can lay 1-3 eggs at a time. The cycle is very long so the male and the female take turns to watch and protect the egg.
FOODS AND HUNTING
The Blue Footed Booby, will hunt mainly on schools of, mackerel, flying fish, sardines, anchovies and sometimes squid and fish offal.
BLUE FOOTED BOOBY YOUNG
The Blue footed Booby young looks like a cygnet (swan young). First it will be featherless, and its feet won't be blue. Soon, it will have only white feather. Then, it will be a full grown adult!